Evelan Florence Jarvis

JARVIS, GABELINE, WEINRICH, KOLKMAN, BLIESENER, WATERS

Posted By: David L. Skipton (email)
Date: 1/4/2010 at 00:28:34

Evelan Florence Jarvis, 81, of Yarmouth, died at 11:33 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.

Born Oct. 1, 1922, in Des Moines County, she was the daughter of Dale and Edna Weinrich Gabeline. On Oct. 25, 1941, she married Donald Jarvis in Yarmouth.

Mr. Jarvis was a homemaker. She was a 1941 graduate of Yarmouth High School. She was a member of the United Church of Christ in Yarmouth, Women's Christian Fellowship and a 50-year member of Eastern Star, White Star Chapter 388 in Mediapolis. She enjoyed gardening and loved flowers, making bouquets for church and to give to people. She was an excellent cook and was famous for her chocolate pie. She was an accomplished musician, able to play piano, organ, trumpet, guitar and French Harp. She would play the piano at Buff's Restaurant in Mount Pleasant and could play by ear.

Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Sandra Kolkman of New London; one son, Steven Jarvis of Dallas; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert Gabeline of Morning sun; two sisters, Roberta Bliesener of Burlington and JoAnn Waters of Northfork, Calif.; and may nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter and one sister.

Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday at Elliott Chapel in New London, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

The funeral for Mrs. Jarvis will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Chapel, with the Rev. Ed Davis officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery in Mount Union.

Memorials have been established for the Yarmouth Fire Department and Yarmouth United Church of Christ.